Point of view and style are the two main pillars of a Sansom story : there is usually an omniscient narrator the language is supple and colourful yet clear and factual. is a seer more than a feeler hence the numerous 'pictures'" (p. One of he characteristics of the short stories is the "insistence of the seeing eye. Her procedure is first of all to summarise a work and then submit it to an extremely thorough analysis. as means whereby the 'achieved content' is expressed" (p. Michel-Michot relates Sansom's intention to his achievement : her concern is primarily with "modes of composition, structure, style, etc. The novels and short stories are discussed separately. This is, however, the first full-length study of his work. Sansom is interesting enough, no doubt, but upwards of four hundred pages about him does seem rather much. Her ability as a critic cannot be questioned, but the reader of William Sansom : A Critical Assessment might wonder whether her subject really merits such an exhaustive treatment. Paulette Michel-Michot deserves high praise for the many intelligent and perceptive observations she makes on William Sansom's novels and short stories. (Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres de l'Université de Liège, Fascicule CXCIII). , Paris, Société d'Édition «Les Belles Lettres», 1971 xxi-408 p.
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